Women leaders are more assertive and persuasive, they have a stronger need to get things done and are more willing to take risks than male leaders. Women leaders are also found to empathetic and flexible as well as stronger in interpersonal skills than their male colleagues. These skills enable women to read situations accurately, and because of this they are able to gather information from all sides.
They are also able to bring others around to their point of view because they believed in the democratic process where they really care and understand others point of view. Women leaders are of the strong opinion that their employees must be understood, supported and valued in order to be effective and efficient in the work place.
These characteristics and qualities that women leaders possess were taught to me in my first degree in Business Management. In fact I was a strong supporter in women as leaders until I was under their leadership. Now I believe that very few display the qualities that are mention above.
I think the researchers need to do some more studies as what is said about women leaders in the literature are not necessarily true for all. Like you, having had the experience I realize that they can be micro-managers and do not all deal with issues effectively.
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